L4060LE With BH92 and TopNTilt

[Sandhills Hillbilly]

I am considering making my first tractor purchase. Looking at the L4060HSTC-LE with a BH92 backhoe. I also wanted TopNTilt but it is not available as an option with the backhoe. I talked to a dealer and he had no idea why it wasn't possible.

It appears from their website this across the board for all Grand and Grand-LE series. It is one or the other but not both.

Does anyone know why this is?

 

[Grandad4]

If you can, take a look at a Grand L with the BH92 mounted. You might observe that the backhoe is tucked in quite close the tractor. In fact, it's pretty congested back there with the hoe mounted, probably not leaving enough room for the TnT apparatus.

There are valid performance reasons for having the backhoe designed to fit as snug as possible to the butt end of the tractor. In particular, a close-in backhoe mount produces a stronger, more secure backhoe installation that stresses the tractor less and results in better departure angle clearance.

I owned a Grand L with the matching Kub backhoe for more than 15 years. It seemed to me the factory engineers chose performance over convenience on this.

 

[Sandhills Hillbilly]

I will be relying on the backhoe for several months before I will need to use the 3 point. Have stumps to remove first. Then will rely more on brush cutter and box blade. Only time I might switch back to the BH is to dig the utility drenches.

Since TopNTilt is not a factory option, what about adding rear remotes. What valves do I need? I have a background in industrial hydraulics but not Ag. Do I want both valves to be float or detent? Then use Fit Rite cylinders.

My land has a draw or valley that runs the width of it. Mowing and grading driveway will require crossing it.

 

[Grandad4]

Old school manual adjustment of the 3 point is not that hard or time consuming. With practice, you don't need to fiddle with the settings much for most work.

 

[Fallon]

It takes about 2 minutes to install or remove a toplink. 3 minutes if it's a hydraulic toplink. The only way it could be a problem is if it was hard plumbed in with no quick disconnects on the hydraulic lines. Or if the mounting brackets for the tractor side QDs were in the way of the hoe.